What exactly is a "Project" - Harley Forum

47knuck · #1 03-29-2008, 10:34 AM

I am curious what people here consider a project vs making some modification.

Either way I 'd like to hear and see more of what forum members are doing in their garages and workshops.

What's in yours?

botzman · #2 03-29-2008, 11:25 AM

Hey 47 Knuck,

I know what you mean. I considered my work more of a "freshening up" rather than a "project" but I guess it's all the same. My old pan was a project. Started with nothing and made something. As long as you enjoy what ever it is your doing and aint paying HD to do the work, your ahead in my book. I think some people dont realize their potential and could probably do alot of their own work. Either way....like 47 Knuck said...lets see some more readers stuff on here. Botz

Buzz Kanter · #3 03-30-2008, 08:58 PM

I'd be happy to post my latest (and seemingly never ending) projects, but I usually save them for sharing in American Iron Magazine.

JOECAPY · #4 03-31-2008, 09:15 PM

Let Me Tell You What A Project Is, It's Every Time I Get Ready To Put My Bike Away For The Winter. My Last Tune Up On My 94 Flhtc Turned Into A New 107" S & S Motor, Screamin Eagle 6 Speed Trans, 2 Into 1 Supertrapp Exhaust, Mikuni 45 Carb , New Sidecar , Oh Ya And Wheels. I Think Next Time It Will Be Cheaper To Just Buy A New Bike. But It Would Not Be As Much Fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll See Ya On The Road I'll Be The Guy With The ( Will Work For Gas ) Sign.

Bikerbitch · #5 04-01-2008, 08:24 AM

I think it's very individual depending on one's skills and willing to learn more. for some swapping wheels can be a project, or even change smaller parts.

For others it means rebuild a bike totally, with modified frames and so on, so what a project is, depends a very lot on the particular individual doing it.
I do what I wish with my projects even big modification, but are aware of that some other has a full job to swap his or hers wheels or what they do on their rides. It's all depending on skills when it regards what people calls projects.

AdamWilliams · #6 04-02-2008, 03:18 PM

Ask a grizzled cycle vet like frisco what he considers to be the definition of "project". It'll be the best and most accurate answer you get.

hdnt1550 · #7 04-02-2008, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Bikerbitch

I think it's very individual depending on one's skills and willing to learn more. for some swapping wheels can be a project, or even change smaller parts.

For others it means rebuild a bike totally, with modified frames and so on, so what a project is, depends a very lot on the particular individual doing it.
I do what I wish with my projects even big modification, but are aware of that some other has a full job to swap his or hers wheels or what they do on their rides. It's all depending on skills when it regards what people calls projects.

I agree you have to start some where. I started out doing oil changes and cable adjustments and now I am building the top end of the motor and would love to build a bike from the ground up. Maybe a Twincam B rigid.

frisco-rigid · #8 04-02-2008, 07:38 PM

Uhhhh, yeah Adam, hmmm no pressure huh..

I must totally agree with BB but also add that sometimes a simple "Nothing" job can suddenly turn into a frightening project that was never planned, ah, you've never encountered that have you Adam,,,,,hmmmmm???

Building a sickle is always a project but then experimenting with a couple diff front ends simply outa curiosity can also be..

Often, finding my butt with both hands at 3PM at the Ruidoso Run will qualify..
Yeah baby..!

Bikerbitch · #9 04-03-2008, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by frisco-rigid

Uhhhh, yeah Adam, hmmm no pressure huh..

I must totally agree with BB but also add that sometimes a simple "Nothing" job can suddenly turn into a frightening project that was never planned, ah, you've never encountered that have you Adam,,,,,hmmmmm???

Building a sickle is always a project but then experimenting with a couple diff front ends simply outa curiosity can also be..

Often, finding my butt with both hands at 3PM at the Ruidoso Run will qualify..
Yeah baby..!

Yep. Very correct....

SamW · #10 04-04-2008, 04:17 PM

My comrade Adam clearly is not living up to his professional potential. "Ask a grizzled vet like Frisco what he considers to be the definition of a 'project,'" Adam writes. What's up with that? Anyone who has ever owned a motorcycle, especially a dicey one, should have an almost unfortunately clear vision of what a project is. Anything you do to your bike that's remotely involved is a project. It can be 15 minutes or 15 years (as is the case with at least one project that I'm close to finishing -- I hope.) As long as you're out in the garage, or wherever, and you're surrounded by tools, engaged in an affort to make your ride better (somtimes this can backfire), then you are in the midst of a project. Big or small, you're giving it your best. That's the idea anyway. So go tinker and toil, and please try not to mess the whole thing up.

BTW, enquiring minds will certainly want to know that Adam's latest project, which he curiously failed to mention, is a Sportster trike. Due date, July 2008. From then on Adam will be the three-wheeled king. I'll even offer him a crown.